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CSPAN NASA July 3, 2024

And crickets chirp. Watch for these behaviors. We encourage you to help nasa observe the sights and sounds around you. Eclipses have a special power. They move people to feel a kind of reverence for the beauty of our universe. Well leave you here to take you to live coverage from nasa tv. The full Solar Eclipse happens when the moon passes between the earth and the sun. By the way, if youre viewing the eclipse outside, please remember to wear protective glasses or our live coverage via natsa tv here on cspan. When you experience an eclipse, you feel that connection with space. Oh, my gosh look at the ray structure. The university is affecting us. Here it comes. That is the most spectacular sight. If you havent seen it, you havent seen anything. Hello and welcome to live coach of the celestial event of the year, the total Solar Eclipse. Over the next three hours, well follow the moons shadow as it races across north america. Were anchoring our coverage from the heart of downtown cleveland, ohio, down the road from nasa Research Center, the only center in todays path of totality. Im megan cruz and this is nasa scientist sarah noble. The Great Lakes Science Center is hosting the free outdoor event to view it together. You saw the shot we had opening the show. We see it again. We have a fun crowd here. Sarah watching the crowd building and excitement coming now. Megan the watch item is the weather. Bellyful in cleveland. Sarah perfect now. We woke up to rain and it cleared but dont know what well get this afternoon. Megan a little bit of trepidation because it looks like there might be some cloud cover around the time of the total Solar Eclipse here, totality. But well see. On your screen now is the first look of the eclipse from mazatlan, mexico, one of the First Communities the moon will darken. Were seeing a partial eclipse of the sun now. Looking at the upper right hand corner of the screen, we expect totality there in about an hour and four minutes. We want to thank our team of telescope operators spread across america. Well always have a view of the sun from this entire scorch. If you scan your q. R. Code it will take a to a live screen for those telescope views and a spanish broadcast for todays eclipse and starts at 1 30 p. M. Eastern time. Sarah, do you know this, all the telescopes used for this broadcast have special filters on them and protect the operators equipment and the operators themselves because if you view the eclipse without the proper protection, it can severely damage your eyes. Sarah we want everybody to enjoy the eclipse but do it safely. Megan how do you do it . You should shield your eyes with eclipse glasses like this and you hopefully bought them from a reputable source and it has a special rating on them which means it has International Standards to protect the bright light. You can remove the glasses during totality. Sarah if youre lucky enough to be in the path of totality, 100 , 99 totality doesnt cut it. Megan 100 , nothing less. You can enjoy it indirectly with tools like pinhole projectors, grab a sturdy piece of paper and a thumb card or sharp pen p. What is a total Solar Eclipse . Sarah it happens when the earth, moon and sun are so perfectly aligned where the moon completely brackets out our view of the sun p. Megan does it happen often . Sarah in some part of the world it is every 18 months but its a rare event. Megan the last time cleveland had a total Solar Eclipse, 1806. Sarah remarkable. Megan once in a lifetime opportunity. Not everyone will see the moon completely eclipsing the sun. Sarah only those in the path. But some of you will get to see a partial eclipse, weather permitting. Megan we hope youll be good and clear. Lets look at todays path of totality. It passes through parts of mexico, 15 u. S. States and southeastern canada. Theres an estimated 32 Million People who live along the path, not to mention the tens of thousands of people who traveled 20 somewhere along it as well. Youre from d. C. And im from florida. Sarah i feel lucky to travel to see this one. Megan well have live reports from our correspondents spread out across the path to share this event with you, some recognizable locations in between, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the famous indy 5 hahn and Niagara Falls where officials expect up up to a million 6 visitors. Well hear from correspondents but a live interview with astronauts onboard the International Space station. Sarah is already ready. That will be obviously a unique place to witness todays celestial events and talk to them about that and explain the science nasa will conduct during the eclipse and why thats important to you and if you have questions about todays cosmic alignment, uses eclipse where youre watching and we have some questions from some kids and a celebrity i cant wait to surprise you who that is. In addition to nasas event here there are plenty more across the country so why dont we take a look at some of them now. All right. This is the California Academy of sciences. Thats a beautiful place to witness. Is sarah looks like they have great weather today. Theyll get a partial eclipse but its more than enough reason to get outside and enjoy fun with your friends and family. Megan i see some coolers there in texas where everyone has their seats. This is the Adirondack Sky Center for a big field of people. A few days ago we saw the same field covered in snow. And Kennedy Space center, the rocket garden at the Visitors Center there is a cool place to watch a partial eclipse. Lastly, the mentor civic amphitheater, a nice big field again to look out in to and enjoy the days events. Im sure that will fill up soon. Very much a Party Atmosphere weve seen at some of those watch parties. Especially here, the music and exhibits and things happening here kind of reminds me of a sporting event. Because of that, im going to ask you, who is the goat today, is it the moon, the sun, or the earth . Sarah im a liner scientist so i may be a little biased. You have to go with the moon on this one. The moon is coming in for the block. All the action of the moon. Megan i like the Sports Reference but i have to say earth. We love our home planet but because were here, the moon has something to project its shadow on and why we have the celestial alignment and show were about to see today. Thats how im going. And now we want to know which team youre on. Cast your vote by going to nasasolarsystem on instagram and well reveal the winning team the end of the broadcast. First, the moons shadow will only be over land for 1 28 today, moving at an average speed of 1900 miles per hour. Keeping track of it for us is nasas james traily. James thanks so much, megan. Im going with option number three, the sun because it gives us the energy for us to thrive here on earth. Speaking of energy, its bustling here at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor complex. Im coming to you from our new gateway exhibit where today we only have a partial eclipse but superexcited to track the days events live with our eclipse explorer. This here is a fantastic tool developed by our friends ats in ia goddard visualization studio and put this tool together for us to track the eclipse down to the exact second. If you want access to this yourself and get a feel how this will look in your neck of the woods go to go. Nasa. Gov eclipse and track where it will be by punching your zip code in this box and snap to your location and give you key stats. You just saw cleveland there. Cleveland is expecting peak totality to start at 3 13 45 to be precise. A time of totality of 3 49. Plenty of time to sit back and bask in the fully eclipsed sun. Ill track it all through the afternoon for you to make sure you do not miss a second of the coverage, even if youre outside of the path of totality like we are here. More than 99 of the u. S. Will be able to see at least a partial eclipse and some are already experiencing it from mazatlan. And if youre in partial, wear your eyeglasses to enjoy todays event. Plenty of awesome stuff coming up. Well keep an eye on the weather. Cleveland looking nice and beautiful, very clear skies. Megan, back to you. Megan thank you, james. Joining us is dr. Bob lehman at goddard space center, a helio physicist. Talk to us, todays Solar Eclipse will look very different from what we saw seven years ago, right . Dr. Lehman cooler than it did last time, cool in the sense of wow. Megan not cold. Dr. Lehman no, because its like a million degrees. A minimum amount of activity. Its a 11year cycle and 2017 was closer to minimum and april 2024 is the maximum of that. Well see the maximum amount of dynamism and all the activity and it will look well see rays shooting out. Sarah does it increase activity and a chance for new discoveries and increased science . Dr. Leamon greater activity levels means we have more chance to see what the sun will do in increased radiation levels or increased activity eruptions that will affect the earth, thanks that megan how does it affect the earth and how do we study the effects . What tools do we have to study those effects . Dr. Leamon radiation or chunks of the sun that hit the earth and those affect things like power grids and Radio Communications and g. P. S. Satellites, all of which are everyday real implications for that thing thats million miles away. Megan youre a helio physicist and this is kind of like your super bowl. Dr. Leamon kind of, youre not the first person to say that to me today. Megan are we right . Dr. Leamon yes. Seven years and the diving trying to reach the goal line from the super bowl 15 or 20 years ago that was totality, not totality. And yeah, today is it. Im really looking forward to it. And well have a whole bunch of fun here. Megan eclipses are unique opportunities to view the sun and youre a helio physicist and across the disciplines of science, i know today is really special for a lot of people. Thank you, bob, we appreciate you being here. Its time to check in with our first team along the path of totality. We go to kerrville, texas, a city so lucky it gets a toll are eclipse twice in a single year. Welcome to kerrville, texas, im with nasa communications. And im the Deputy Director of helio physics at nasa goddard. Were live at the eclipse festival where thousands are gathering to witness the second Solar Eclipse that passed through this town in six months. Its incredibly rare and people have traveled all over the world to share in this spectacular moment in the crossroads of eclipse. We were lucky enough to be here last year for the annual Solar Eclipse. How does it feel to be back . The annual one was a spectacular experience but im feeling more energy today and so excited with the crowd. And we have a full day of celebration in store. The town really turned out for this event. This morning we heard from the mayor and were surrounded with food and shopping and different activities. I think i saw the Texas State Astronomy Club here giving out free telescope viewing so its a really special moment for people to come together and enjoy the celestial event. We had some cloud cover. Looking good. Regardless how it turns out we have live music and dancing afterwards so its going to be a good day. This will be my first total Solar Eclipse and last year was incredible with the annular. If this is your first total eclipse wed love to hear it. Its a good time to remind everyone its not safe to look directly at the sun without specialized protection for solar viewing except during the brief phase where the moon is completely covering the sun and will only be for those in the path of totality. We have a special guest you might recognize popping in to share some important tips to make sure you stay safe during todays events. Hi, eclipse enthusists, lance baas here. During the celestial events the sun, earth and moon are in sync creating Solar Eclipses. Can you look directly at the sun during a total Solar Eclipse but only when its covered by the moon in a brief period known as totality. This is a special moment. At all other types you wear eclipse glasses so you dont say bye, bye, bye to your vision. And theyre not the same as regular sun glasses. Solar viewers are thousands of times darker and will have a specific certification you should look for right here. Dont be a space cowboy and try to look directly at the sun. If you dont have eclipse glasses use another viewing method like a pinhole projector and make one as simple as a index card with a hole or colander or even your hand. Can project the image of the sun,000 a nearby surface like the ground. It will be me wearing my eclipse glasses and so are you. Megan you cant have an eclipse without the sun, the moon and earth. As you heard from megan earlier, weve been hosting a friendly competition to see which three teams youre siding with today. It goes unsaid and i want to ask, which team are you relationshipping . Team sun, youre right. Heliophysics the study of the sun and its influence on everything and impacts all our planets and today the sole after corona is stealing the spot light so team sun for me. It is the star of the show but im going to have to be a little biased, too. International observe the moon night which is nasas annual celebration of all things moon falls on my birthday this year so im having a bit of a lunar connection so for those watching if you havent joined the fun vote for your eclipse team on face book, x and instagram and well share the poll results. So vote for your team. Also during the broadcast, you can send us questions using eclipse on social media. We have teams standing by online to answer and well be taking some of those questions live on todays show. Now, speaking about taking questions live, gina, we have some kids send in videos before todays show so lets roll one of those now. My name is jonathan, my question is, are we allowed to do experiments during the Solar Eclipse, thank you . Great question, jonathan. We have a bunch of different experiments that will take place during the eclipse today. First, were trying to study the solar corona so nasas wb527, nasas Research Ship taking pictures of the atmosphere of the sun, the corona, to learn its composition and see how it is heated by extreme temperatures and see the impact of earth on the upper atmosphere. Were you launching three sounding rockets up in the atmosphere before, during and after peak eclipse so we can study how the atmosphere is changing as well. Were studying it with a plane and with the rocket. And the other way . Science balloons are going up, too, and we also have different ways the public will be able to get involved in some of these experiments, too. Thanks, gina. I have a great followup question from lisa on facebook who wants to know more about the sounding rockets. Why is nasa shooting rockets into the moons shadow in todays events . Lets talk about the sounding rockets because theyre a lot of fun. The first sounding rocket will be 45 minutes before peak eclipse and one during and then 45 minutes after because we really want to understand the difference in densitiy and temperature and these different factors in the upper atmosphere and see how it changes as the eclipse passes over. All these rockets are going up and it will be a good day. Great. Hopefully well see a replay on todays show. Its really special for us to be in kerrville, texas, covering todays total eclipse. Last october within annular Solar Eclipse passed through this town. For a location to be at the crossroads, these two incredible celestial events are rare. Lets look how the community has been preparing to lead up to this big day. Kerrville is the eclipse capital of the state of texas. It is known as the capital of the texas hill country, the epitome of texas, ranches, deer, beautiful streams like the guadeloupe. Titletownknit and small. Its blessed to be in the special square of the annular aclips in 2023 and total Solar Eclipse. This is the crossroads. Two eclipses where we stand. Its extraordinary. Two in less than six months . And everybody is excited about it, city council, county commissioners, everyone is working diligently to provide for the safe opportunity for the influx of people. Its the biggest event in the history of the city and why the city is preparing. Were preparing to make the event enjoyable for those who want to see this tremendous phenomenon. Kerrville has done an awesome job of preparing. Its getting the message out to people to make sure theyre taken care of personally but then theres the science part of it and letting them know what is an eclipse . Having a great time going out and talking to civic organizations and clubs and talk about eclipses. This will be my fourth and fifth Solar Eclipses. I saw a solar total eclipse in alaska and drove miles and it was worth it. Cant believe the experience of the eclipse and gives me goose bumps when i talk about it, its an avisceral, emotional experience, you have to experience it to understand. I thought i knew what it with a be like but i gasped at the sheer wonder. Its going to be a ahh youll hear that intake of air and ahh. The most beautiful natural thing ive ever seen. So to have an eclipse basically in my back yard, its indescribable. Were here with the detail scope operator giving us these High Definition views of the sun you see on your screen of the eclipse over kerrville, texas. Thanks for being with us. Thanks for having me and thank the weather for cooperating. Rehave first contact. How can you get started . Look up Night Sky Network because it has over 400 clubs and put in your city for a club close to you and if you dont have a club near you, you can start your own and use our tips. If folks that want more details on t

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